In response to the new warning labels on cigarette packs proposed last week by the US Food and Drug Administration, Dan Jaffe, the Association of National Advertisers’ exec VP for government relations, told Ad Age that the ANA thinks the proposal is unconstitutional because “the government on its own … can’t put words in the mouths of advertisers.” The second, third and fourth largest tobacco companies in the United States, Reynolds American Inc, Lorillard Inc. and Commonwealth Brands are part of a federal lawsuit that challenges the legality of the new labels. Also joining the opposition is the National Association of Convenience Stores, a group representing an industry that interacts with 160 million Americans a day. “You’re going to run into people that will not necessarily like this,” said Jeff Lenard, an NACS spokesman. “When somebody’s hungry, they get something to eat. When somebody’s thirsty, they get something to drink, and we just want to make sure that when they go in, they still want to get that.”

October 27, 2016 NRA Top Trump Funder National Rifle Association committees making independent campaign expenditures to oppose Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton have spent more than $14 million on the race, surpassing the spending of the most active pro-Trump Super PAC. Acc... Read More >